According to the indictment, this occurred in the past few months and in some cases, while the accused wore an IDF uniform.
Separately from this incident, the police have conducted multiple operations against illegal residents and those who assist them in violation of the law.
Earlier this month, a dinghy filled with belongings of refugees holding Somalian and Turkish documents and other belongings washed ashore in Netanya, with no expected survivors.
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The new law will be "the strongest anti-illegal immigration legislation in the country," according to the governor's office.
"I will not shy away from saying we have a problem with people exploiting [our] generosity, breaking our laws and undermining our system."
The operation also included briefly detaining drivers who drive wildly and endangered people's lives.
A reporter asked Biden during the press briefing if he thinks that migration is a human right, to which he replied by comparing illegal immigrants to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.
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